Pierre Loti (pseudonym of Julien Viaud; 14 January 1850 – 10 June 1923) was a French novelist and naval officer. Read full biography of Pierre Loti →
I do not exactly remember at what period I started my museum which absorbed so much of my time.
It seems to me that it will be very wearisome to be a man.
Painting and music were the only things I worked at industriously and faithfully.
Unlike most other children, - especially unlike those of today - who are eager to become men and women as speedily as possible, I had a terror of... →
I am surprised that I cannot recall whether my desire to become a minister transformed itself into a wish to lead the more militant life of... →
I still have in my memory, almost agonizing impressions of a serious illness which I had when I was about eight years old. Those about me called it... →
I still went to church regularly every Sunday; that is we all went there together. I reverenced the family pew where we had assembled for so many... →
It is said that many children who live in the central provinces, away from the ocean, have a great longing to see it. I who had never been away from... →
Often, before returning home, I would take a long and roundabout way and pass by the peaceful ramparts from where I had glimpses of other provinces... →
Pierre Loti (pseudonym of Julien Viaud; 14 January 1850 – 10 June 1923) was a French novelist and naval officer.